24V695000
AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
An air bag that deploys with excessive force can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
2016 MAZDA MX-5
3 safety recall campaigns, 42 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints42
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
19V496000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
Parts that separate from the vehicle may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
19V072000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
If the vehicle abruptly downshifts, the driver may lose control of the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 11POWER TRAIN
- 7UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5AIR BAGS
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2ENGINE
- 2EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 2STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 MAZDA MX-5s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.